Very Inspiring Blogger Award, thank you Babsje!

My dear blogging friend Babsje, of the blog Babsje Heron, has been so kind to nominate Dear Kitty. Some blog for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

Thank you so much for this kind gesture! All the best for you, your blog, your photos and the herons and other birds which are often the subjects of your photos and posts!

The rules of this award are:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.

2. Display the award on your post.

3. List the award rules so your nominees will know what to do.

4. State 7 things about yourself.

5. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.

6. Contact your nominees to let them know you have nominated them. Provide a link to your post.

7. Proudly display the award logo (or buttons) on your blog, whether on your side bar, ABOUT page, or a special page for awards.

Seven things about myself:

1. Where did most visits to my blog come from so far today?

Country	Views
United States	88
United Kingdom	25
Jamaica	22
Australia	15
Canada	13
Philippines	7
South Africa	6
Saudi Arabia	4
Germany	4
Indonesia	3
India	3
United Arab Emirates	2
Republic of Korea	2

2. Where did most visits to my blog come from this month?

Top Views by Country for 30 days ending 2013-12-12 (Summarized)

Country	Views
United States	6,925
United Kingdom	3,435
Canada	964
Netherlands	948
Jamaica	771
Australia	647
France	480
Germany	450
India	375
Greece	311
Philippines	236
Spain	214
South Africa	214
New Zealand	157
Ireland	151
Belgium	146
Indonesia	145
Bahrain	127
Saudi Arabia	120
Pakistan	118
Italy	116
Sweden	108
Singapore	108

3. Which blog posts attracted most visits today so far?

Title		Views
Home page / Archives		39
20,000 posts milestone at my blog		17
No electricity or heating for Greeks		8
Bahraini king’s sexual harassment of Lebanese singer		6
About		5
Save Indonesian wildlife		4
Dutch beached porpoise Ella recovering		3
Scotland: giant centipede, crocodile, and other fossils brought back to life		3
Koala twins born in Australia		3
Fish, frogs, and snakes		3

4. Which blog posts attracted most visits this week?

Top Posts for 7 days ending 2013-12-12 (Summarized)

Title		Views
Home page / Archives		644
Stop Monsanto anti-democratic danger, petition		85
Nelson Mandela, eulogy by Barack Obama		72
Bahraini king’s sexual harassment of Lebanese singer		66
Nelson Mandela, Britain, the USA and Bahrain		64
About		57
Blog Of The Year 2013 Award, thanks Barbara!		53
Mandela’s imprisonment and the CIA		47
Nelson Mandela and Britain		47
Chinese shark fin soup ban		46
WordPress Family Award, thank you Shaun and Horty!		41
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013, fighter for equality and peace		33
Ancient woodpecker keeps Nelson Mandela’s name alive		32
Northern hawk-owl still in Zwolle		31
Northern hawk-owl attracts English birders to Zwolle		30
Lesser Antillean iguana in danger		28
Snowy owls, as far as Bermuda		28
Christmas Poinsettias, are they flowers?		27

5. Most popular topics this blog has written about recently

Topic	Views
Human rights	997
Economic, social, trade union, etc.	874
Environment	800
Peace and war	521
Birds	498
Racism and anti-racism	431
South Africa	417
Biology	404
Nelson Mandela	394

If you tag your posts effectively, this panel will show you which topics get the most traffic. Snapshot generated from your top posts over the past week.

6. Which search terms directed most people to my blog this month?

Search Terms for 30 days ending 2013-12-12 (Summarized)

2013-11-12 to Today

Search	Views
iguana	24
painting, no quiero ir al cielo	23
egyptian sarcophagus	21
hawk owl zwolle	10
what happens when illegal syrian is arrested in greece	9
do fiddler crabs change color	8
helen keller lesbian	7
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/qatar-dictatorship-arrests-filmmakers-for-documenting-labour-conditions/	6
prostitution in bahrain	6
laxmi vahan	6
svalbard ducks	6

7. Which referrers referred most to my blog this week?

Referrers for 7 days ending 2013-12-12 (Summarized)

Referrer		Views
Search Engines		2,232
WordPress.com Reader		78
WordPress Dashboard		57
Facebook		53
topix.com		33
mail.yahoo.com		21
youthandeldersja.wordpress.com		16
hrexach.wordpress.com		13
duckduckgo.com		12
topix.net		11
go.videoentertainmnt.com		10
scoop.it		10
emynow.wordpress.com		9
ru.wordpress.com		8
socialistunity.com/syrian-war-context-speech-kevin-ovenden/		8
Google+		8
dabrownstein.wordpress.com/about/		8
Twitter		7
kuidle.com		6
ecosia.org		6
r.duckduckgo.com		5
kintal.wordpress.com		5
4writersandreaders.wordpress.com		4
4writersandreaders.com		4
hollywoodsalon.org		4
wehaveadreamtoo.wordpress.com		4
authorstephaniethomas.wordpress.com		4
pinterest.com		4
search.tb.ask.com		4
piazzadcara.wordpress.com		3
en.wordpress.com		3
argylesock.wordpress.com		3
mungaiandthegoaconstrictor.me		3
anoleannals.org		3
artourway.com/2013/12/06/snowy/		3

My fifteen nominees are:

1. Chant d’oasien

2. Serenity’s Musings

3. my planet earth

4. Megan Kate

5. Milners Blog

6. DREAMS AND ESCAPES

7. Me – Who am I?

8. SunnySideUp

9. Noir

10. The Culture Monk

11. Ashley Jillian

12. GarryRogers.com

13. Miss Marzipan

14. “R”HubBlog

15. Ekostories

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